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Amazon’s fleet looks different if it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight

Courtney Miller·June 7, 2021

What Amazon needs to do in the air is driven by the ultimate reach and purpose of the courier on the ground. Amazon has two options for the path ahead. Either way, it needs more aircraft. Competing with FedEx and UPS means diversifying into smaller aircraft, while perfecting its own rapid retail delivery means bigger freighters.

An unexpected competitive box awaits Embraer’s E3 turboprop

Jon Ostrower·November 23, 2020

With receding regional aviation competitors, Embraer studies a return to a market that hasn’t had the choice of an all-new product in decades. Unique quirks of the turboprop market and Embraer technology planning will pressure E3 market potential. Big leaps in efficiency of single-aisle jets compresses the list of small markets that need a big turboprop.

Apple iPhone Xs and Boeing 777X have the same problem

Jon Ostrower·January 7, 2019

Where a Boeing 777 ends an iPhone begins. At Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz. a wrecking claw positioned itself to...

As coronavirus pummels air travel, lessons from 9/11 on what may come next

Courtney Miller·March 10, 2020

The magnitude of the COVID-19 impact on air travel now compares with the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the...

Asia still dominates dormant fleet, but it’s not clear how many jets will return

Courtney Miller·June 28, 2022

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Aviation’s addiction to growth is overriding its ability to lower emissions

Courtney Miller·October 20, 2021

Long term industry trends in aircraft size and economics in mature and established markets are informing new consumer behaviors around the purchase of air travel with new search features from Google.

Boeing and Airbus single-aisle workhorses squeeze out regional and widebody jets

Courtney Miller·May 2, 2022

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Boeing officially passes the long-haul narrowbody torch to Airbus

Courtney Miller·November 3, 2022

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Bombardier’s market exit is nearly complete

Jon Ostrower·November 12, 2018

After just over three decades, Bombardier’s commercial aircraft business is approaching its end. Once the number three airliner producer on...

Breaking the statistical link between COVID-19 cases and air travel demand

Courtney Miller·October 27, 2020

The connection between passenger traffic growth and new infections is mathematically meaningless.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 taxis to the gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in September 2019.

Business travel lags leisure early in coronavirus air travel recovery

Courtney Miller·May 29, 2020

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China reactivates its airlines, for now

Courtney Miller·July 7, 2022

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